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Anthea/Oregon Symphony Pre-Concert Conversations
Sibelius & Grieg
Grieg’s beloved and unabashedly Romantic Piano Concerto, performed by Joyce Yang, dances and dazzles and reflects a time of personal happiness in the composer’s life. A combination of beguiling melodies and bravura fire, it found inspiration in the rhythmic patterns of Norwegian folk dances. Maestro Danzmayr also leads Stenhammar’s Second Symphony, a Romantic Swedish jewel not heard nearly often enough. Plus, Sibelius’ stirring The Swan of Tuonela joins this Nordic musical banquet, inspired by scenes from Finnish mythology.
Crescendo - Solo Show at the Willamette Institute for Continued Learning
Anthea’s solo show based on her forthcoming memoir, CRESCENDO. Weaving together music and stories from her book, and performing on the violin that was stolen on a fast train in Germany, she delights with tales both tragic and funny.
Brahms Double Concerto
Anthea performs the Brahms Double Concerto with Jason Duckles on cello. The Willamette Valley Symphony winter concert.
Archduke Trio
Anthea teams up with Jason Duckles, cello, and Maria Garcia, piano, to play the magnificent Archduke Trio at Chatter PDX.
Brahms Double Concerto
Anthea performs the Brahms Double Concerto with Jason Duckles on cello. The Willamette Valley Symphony winter concert.
Crescendo - Solo Show at the University Club of Portland
Anthea’s solo show based on her forthcoming memoir, CRESCENDO. Weaving together music and stories from her book, and performing on the violin that was stolen on a fast train in Germany, she delights with tales both tragic and funny.
Majestic Chamber Music
Anthea is the Director of the Majestic Chamber Music series, held in the heart of Corvallis in the historic Majestic Theatre. She is joined by cellist Jason Duckles and pianist Joy Ueng, as well as welcoming a young group of violinists to perform a violin quartet. The Corvallis All-Ages Volunteer Orchestra joins the musicians on stage at the end of the program,.
Delgani Quartet
It Must Be: How do composers grapple with the end of life? Beethoven’s final string quartet asks, “Must it be?” and answers with a resounding, “It must be!” In contrast, Britten’s String Quartet No. 3 (1975), composed shortly before his death, leaves more questions than answers. Haydn’s unfinished final quartet opens the program.
Delgani Quartet
It Must Be: How do composers grapple with the end of life? Beethoven’s final string quartet asks, “Must it be?” and answers with a resounding, “It must be!” In contrast, Britten’s String Quartet No. 3 (1975), composed shortly before his death, leaves more questions than answers. Haydn’s unfinished final quartet opens the program.
Delgani Quartet
It Must Be: How do composers grapple with the end of life? Beethoven’s final string quartet asks, “Must it be?” and answers with a resounding, “It must be!” In contrast, Britten’s String Quartet No. 3 (1975), composed shortly before his death, leaves more questions than answers. Haydn’s unfinished final quartet opens the program.
Delgani Quartet
It Must Be: How do composers grapple with the end of life? Beethoven’s final string quartet asks, “Must it be?” and answers with a resounding, “It must be!” In contrast, Britten’s String Quartet No. 3 (1975), composed shortly before his death, leaves more questions than answers. Haydn’s unfinished final quartet opens the program.
Brahms Double Concerto
Anthea performs the Brahms Double Concerto with Jason Duckles on cello. The Beaverton Symphony spring concert.
Brahms Double Concerto
Anthea performs the Brahms Double Concerto with Jason Duckles on cello. The Beaverton Symphony spring concert.
Anthea/Oregon Symphony Pre-Concert Conversations
Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony
There’s nothing like hiking across moors and encountering castle ruins to ignite the creative process—as Mendelssohn experienced it on a tour of Scotland. Holyrood Castle (where Mary Queen of Scots was crowned) inspired the mysterious mood of the Third Symphony’s opening. But the mists ultimately lift in the sunny, lively finale. Plus, Portland favorite Conrad Tao dazzles in Mozart’s 21st Piano Concerto, with its slow movement once described by biographer Maynard Solomon as “an entire movement of unrelieved, time-stopping beauty…for something just short of eternity.”
Trio Libermé Germany Tour
Anthea returns to Germany to play a tour with her piano trio.
Anthea plays Classical on Broadway
Anthea teams up with Jason Duckles, Grace Choi and Wonkak Kim for the magnificent Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
Anthea/Oregon Symphony Pre-Concert Conversations
Ravel & Saint-Saëns
A bracing whack from the percussionist’s “slap stick” launches Ravel’s Concerto on an effervescent romp, evoking the Harlem jazz clubs he visited with Gershwin. Riffs from the brasses and piano fireworks make for a breathless dash to the finish. Ravel’s lush Daphnis et Chloé opens with a radiant sunrise—golden strings, shimmering harps, bird calls—and ends with an orgiastic paean to love.
Anthea plays Barber Violin Concerto with the Tualatin Symphony
Anthea plays the Barber Violin Concerto
Anthea plays with the Charleston Chamber Music Society
Anthea returns to Charleston to play with the Charleston Chamber Music Society
Delgani Quartet
Delgani’s season finale, Far From Home, explores displacement and the hardships and inspirations it can bring. Didgeridoo master and audience favorite Stephen Kent returns to perform Peter Sculthorpe’s String Quartet No. 16, which reflects on the plight of Afghan refugees in Australia and the harsh conditions they endured. Dvořák’s American Quartet, written during his time abroad, is a joyful celebration of the Czech composer’s deep love for America and its folk music. The program opens with premieres from our call-for-scores.
Delgani Quartet
Delgani’s season finale, Far From Home, explores displacement and the hardships and inspirations it can bring. Didgeridoo master and audience favorite Stephen Kent returns to perform Peter Sculthorpe’s String Quartet No. 16, which reflects on the plight of Afghan refugees in Australia and the harsh conditions they endured. Dvořák’s American Quartet, written during his time abroad, is a joyful celebration of the Czech composer’s deep love for America and its folk music. The program opens with premieres from our call-for-scores.
Delgani Quartet
Delgani’s season finale, Far From Home, explores displacement and the hardships and inspirations it can bring. Didgeridoo master and audience favorite Stephen Kent returns to perform Peter Sculthorpe’s String Quartet No. 16, which reflects on the plight of Afghan refugees in Australia and the harsh conditions they endured. Dvořák’s American Quartet, written during his time abroad, is a joyful celebration of the Czech composer’s deep love for America and its folk music. The program opens with premieres from our call-for-scores.
Delgani Quartet
Delgani’s season finale, Far From Home, explores displacement and the hardships and inspirations it can bring. Didgeridoo master and audience favorite Stephen Kent returns to perform Peter Sculthorpe’s String Quartet No. 16, which reflects on the plight of Afghan refugees in Australia and the harsh conditions they endured. Dvořák’s American Quartet, written during his time abroad, is a joyful celebration of the Czech composer’s deep love for America and its folk music. The program opens with premieres from our call-for-scores.
Delgani Quartet
Delgani’s season finale, Far From Home, explores displacement and the hardships and inspirations it can bring. Didgeridoo master and audience favorite Stephen Kent returns to perform Peter Sculthorpe’s String Quartet No. 16, which reflects on the plight of Afghan refugees in Australia and the harsh conditions they endured. Dvořák’s American Quartet, written during his time abroad, is a joyful celebration of the Czech composer’s deep love for America and its folk music. The program opens with premieres from our call-for-scores.
Anthea/Oregon Symphony Pre-Concert Conversations
Copland & Rachmaninoff
Fasten your seatbelt as Alessio Bax tackles Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, a creation of massive power and drive and one of the hardest-to-master works in the repertoire. After its premiere in New York City, a critic wrote that “its great length and extreme difficulties bar it from performances by any but pianists of exceptional technical powers.” Its quiet start leads into an astonishing unleashing of notes and hurtles to a riveting conclusion. Copland’s Third Symphony also was first presented in the U.S. Its spirit is undeniably “American”—vital, optimistic, and big-hearted—triumphantly exclaimed in the finale’s stirring “Fanfare for the Common Man.”
Thunder Egg Consort Japan Tour
The Thunder Egg Consort is a world-class, Oregon-based piano quartet (violin, viola, cello, piano) of acclaimed musicians who blend classical mastery with Americana, jazz, and folk, named after Oregon's state rock. Composed of soloists with careers at places like Juilliard, Carnegie Hall, and the Berlin Philharmonic, they offer dynamic performances, performing traditional chamber music alongside diverse styles, bringing high-caliber music education and performances to the Northwest community.
IMA Chamber Music Workshop
This workshop gives musicians a place to learn the art of chamber music performance with daily coaching from world-renowned faculty. Ages 10-adult are encouraged to apply.
A dedicated adult player division is specially designed for those ages 21 and above.
A variety of learning experiences from practice techniques, sight-reading, Yoga with Joe and performances round out this vibrant and popular workshop. Held in downtown Corvallis, in the heart of the Willamette Valley.
Open to individuals and pre-formed groups.
Participants will be placed in similarly-aged groups.
The IMA Chamber Music Workshop features a residence option for ages 12 and up. Our office can also help find a hotel or Airbnb for you, if that is your preference
Register early - we were sold out for 2025.
Please contact us for scholarship information.
Crescendo - Solo Show at the Mirabella, Portland
Anthea’s solo show based on her forthcoming memoir, CRESCENDO. Weaving together music and stories from her book, and performing on the violin that was stolen on a fast train in Germany, she delights with tales both tragic and funny.
Delgani Quartet
Jewish Memory begins with arrangements of niggunim, traditional wordless chants. Shulamit Ran’s Glitter, Shards, Doom, Memory (2014) commemorates those lost in the Holocaust. Mieczysław Weinberg, who escaped Nazi-occupied Poland for the USSR, became a colleague and close friend of Shostakovich. His String Quartet No. 6, composed shortly after his escape in 1945, concludes the program.
Delgani Quartet
Jewish Memory begins with arrangements of niggunim, traditional wordless chants. Shulamit Ran’s Glitter, Shards, Doom, Memory (2014) commemorates those lost in the Holocaust. Mieczysław Weinberg, who escaped Nazi-occupied Poland for the USSR, became a colleague and close friend of Shostakovich. His String Quartet No. 6, composed shortly after his escape in 1945, concludes the program.
Delgani Quartet
Jewish Memory begins with arrangements of niggunim, traditional wordless chants. Shulamit Ran’s Glitter, Shards, Doom, Memory (2014) commemorates those lost in the Holocaust. Mieczysław Weinberg, who escaped Nazi-occupied Poland for the USSR, became a colleague and close friend of Shostakovich. His String Quartet No. 6, composed shortly after his escape in 1945, concludes the program.
Delgani Quartet
Jewish Memory begins with arrangements of niggunim, traditional wordless chants. Shulamit Ran’s Glitter, Shards, Doom, Memory (2014) commemorates those lost in the Holocaust. Mieczysław Weinberg, who escaped Nazi-occupied Poland for the USSR, became a colleague and close friend of Shostakovich. His String Quartet No. 6, composed shortly after his escape in 1945, concludes the program.
Delgani Quartet
Jewish Memory begins with arrangements of niggunim, traditional wordless chants. Shulamit Ran’s Glitter, Shards, Doom, Memory (2014) commemorates those lost in the Holocaust. Mieczysław Weinberg, who escaped Nazi-occupied Poland for the USSR, became a colleague and close friend of Shostakovich. His String Quartet No. 6, composed shortly after his escape in 1945, concludes the program.
Anthea/Oregon Symphony Pre-Concert Conversations
Beethoven’s Eroica
A most heart-stirring concert awaits you, portraying vastly different approaches to grief and memory. In the “Eroica,” grief turns into fury, when the original dedicatee, Napoleon, crowns himself emperor and the enraged Beethoven now celebrates only “the memory of a great man.” From two bolts-out-of-the-blue chords to exhilarating finale, the Symphony’s majesty and drama, extraordinary scope, and bold harmonies all proclaim a new era in music. Turning his grief into sorrow, Berg inscribes his heartbreaking Concerto, sensitively performed by our concertmaster, “To the memory of an angel”—a vivacious 18-year-old girl struck down by polio. He paints her portrait in the first movement, and, in the emotional heart of the Concerto, incorporates Bach’s chorale, “It is enough; Lord, if it pleases you/Unshackle me.”
Crescendo - Solo Show at Chatter PDX
Anthea’s solo show based on her forthcoming memoir, CRESCENDO. Weaving together music and stories from her book, and performing on the violin that was stolen on a fast train in Germany, she delights with tales both tragic and funny.
Anthea and the Chicago Piano Quartet
Anthea joins the Chicago Piano Quartet for a performance at the Melbourne Chamber Music Society, Indiatlantic, Florida.
Anthea and the Chicago Piano Quartet
Anthea joins the Chicago Piano Quartet for a performance at Palm Beach State College, Duncan, Theatre, Lake Worth, Florida
Quartissimos at Majestic Theatre
The Quartissimos okay at the historic Majestic Theatre
Thunder Egg Consort
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4
New student compositions from the music technology class and the Lacroute Composer Readings & Chamber Music Mentorship Program, featuring the Thunder Egg Consort.
Delkin Recital Hall, Vivian Bull Music Center | 7:00 PM
Delgani Quartet
Love Abounds explores the many facets of love—romantic, devotional, familial, and divine. Featuring a trio of vocalists from Portland’s Resonance Ensemble, the program spans centuries, beginning with the 12th-century music of Hildegard von Bingen, and continuing through Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Caroline Shaw, and David Lang.
Delgani Quartet
Love Abounds explores the many facets of love—romantic, devotional, familial, and divine. Featuring a trio of vocalists from Portland’s Resonance Ensemble, the program spans centuries, beginning with the 12th-century music of Hildegard von Bingen, and continuing through Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Caroline Shaw, and David Lang.
Delgani Quartet
Love Abounds explores the many facets of love—romantic, devotional, familial, and divine. Featuring a trio of vocalists from Portland’s Resonance Ensemble, the program spans centuries, beginning with the 12th-century music of Hildegard von Bingen, and continuing through Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Caroline Shaw, and David Lang.
Delgani Quartet
Love Abounds explores the many facets of love—romantic, devotional, familial, and divine. Featuring a trio of vocalists from Portland’s Resonance Ensemble, the program spans centuries, beginning with the 12th-century music of Hildegard von Bingen, and continuing through Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Caroline Shaw, and David Lang.
Delgani Quartet
Love Abounds explores the many facets of love—romantic, devotional, familial, and divine. Featuring a trio of vocalists from Portland’s Resonance Ensemble, the program spans centuries, beginning with the 12th-century music of Hildegard von Bingen, and continuing through Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Caroline Shaw, and David Lang.
Crescendo - Solo Show at the Jazz Station in Eugene
Anthea’s solo show based on her forthcoming memoir, CRESCENDO. Weaving together music and stories from her book, and performing on the violin that was stolen on a fast train in Germany, she delights with tales both tragic and funny.
Anthea/Oregon Symphony Pre-Concert Conversations
Seven Deadly Sins
Storm Large, Portland’s "favorite songstress”, wows you as she explores the world of sin! The Seven Deadly Sins, no less. Reprising one of her signature roles, this working girl moves across America to help her greedy family build their little house back in Louisiana, accompanied by the jazzy sounds of the Swinging ‘30s. Plus, hear music from the Oregon Symphony’s first concert in 1896 and new works by Portland composers – including a jazz piano concerto inspired by Langston Hughes and the friendship between the composer and pianist.
Brahms Double Concerto
Anthea performs the Brahms Double Concerto with Jason Duckles on cello. The Willamette Falls Symphony fall concert.
Thunder Egg Consort
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22
HOLLER AND STOMP: THUNDER EGG CONSORT
Music inspired by dance from Brahms, Bunch, Campbell and Hiromi. Presented in partnership with the Lacroute Composer Readings & Chamber Music Mentorship Program.
Delkin Recital Hall, Vivian Bull Music Center | 7:00 PM
Delkin Recital Hall, Vivian Bull Music Center | 7:00 PM
Majestic Chamber Music
Anthea is the Director of the Majestic Chamber Music series, held in the heart of Corvallis in the historic Majestic Theatre. She is joined by cellist Jason Duckles and pianist Joy Ueng, as well as welcoming a young group of violinists to perform a violin quartet. The Corvallis All-Ages Volunteer Orchestra joins the musicians on stage at the end of the program,.
Delgani Quartet
Delgani's 11th season opens with Tapestry of Sound, a program of intricate beauty, emotion, and complexity. Pianist Maria Garcia joins for Brahms' Piano Quintet, often considered the pinnacle of his chamber music. The first half of the concert features Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz's luminous Quartet No. 4 (1951), alongside a piece selected by our new violist.
Delgani Quartet
Delgani's 11th season opens with Tapestry of Sound, a program of intricate beauty, emotion, and complexity. Pianist Maria Garcia joins for Brahms' Piano Quintet, often considered the pinnacle of his chamber music. The first half of the concert features Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz's luminous Quartet No. 4 (1951), alongside a piece selected by our new violist.
Delgani Quartet
Delgani's 11th season opens with Tapestry of Sound, a program of intricate beauty, emotion, and complexity. Pianist Maria Garcia joins for Brahms' Piano Quintet, often considered the pinnacle of his chamber music. The first half of the concert features Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz's luminous Quartet No. 4 (1951), alongside a piece selected by our new violist.
Delgani Quartet
Delgani's 11th season opens with Tapestry of Sound, a program of intricate beauty, emotion, and complexity. Pianist Maria Garcia joins for Brahms' Piano Quintet, often considered the pinnacle of his chamber music. The first half of the concert features Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz's luminous Quartet No. 4 (1951), alongside a piece selected by our new violist.
Delgani Quartet
Delgani's 11th season opens with Tapestry of Sound, a program of intricate beauty, emotion, and complexity. Pianist Maria Garcia joins for Brahms' Piano Quintet, often considered the pinnacle of his chamber music. The first half of the concert features Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz's luminous Quartet No. 4 (1951), alongside a piece selected by our new violist.
Anthea plays with the Chicago Piano Quartet
Anthea plays the Fauré and Turina Piano quartets as a guest violist with the Chicago Piano Quartet in Boise, Idaho.
Thunder Egg Consort
Thunder Egg Consort - Musica Camerata Salem
Performers: Anthea Kreston – Violin, Kenji Bunch – Viola, Jason Duckles – Cello, Monica Ohuchi – Piano
Program:
Reinhold Gliere: 8 Pieces, Op.39 (selected), for violin and cello
Henri Vieuxtemps: Elegie, Op.30, for Viola and piano
Taraf de Haïdouks/Kenji Bunch: A la Turk, for Piano Quartet
Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quartet No.2 in E flat Major, Op.87
Thunder Egg Consort
Thunder Egg Consort at Mirabella (Portland)
Anthea Kreston (violin), Kenji Bunch (viola), Jason Duckles (cello) and Monica Ohuchi (piano) team up to play some of the great piano quartet repertoire as well as music by living composers.